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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a)
of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f)
of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person 2. Date of Event Requiring 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or 6. If Amendment, Date
VAUGHN FRANK E. Statement Trading Symbol of Original
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 10/14/97 ------------------------------
470-11 BENT CREEK OVAL ---------------------------- 5. Relationship of Reporting 7. Individual or Joint/
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(Street) Number of Reporting (Check all applicable) Applicable Line)
Person (Voluntary) _X_ Director ___ 10% Owner _x_Form filed by One
AURORA OHIO 44202 ___ Officer ___ Other Reporting Person
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(City) (State) (Zip) than One Reporting
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TABLE 1 -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership Form: 4. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Direct (D) or Beneficial
(Instr. 4) Indirect (I) Ownership (Instr. 5)
(Instr. 5)
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over)
(Print or Type Responses) SEC 1473 (8/92)
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FORM 3 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Date 3. Title and Amount of 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) Exercisable and Securities Underlying sion or ship Beneficial Ownership
Expiration Date Derivative Security Exercise Form of (Instr. 5)
(Month/Day/ (Instr. 4) Price of Deriv-
Year) Deri- ative
vative Security:
Security Direct
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Date Expira- Amount or Indirect (I)
Exercis- tion Title Number (Instr. 5)
able Date of Shares
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WARRANTS 10/16/97 (1) COMMON STOCK 50,000 (2) $1.25 I BY FRANK E. VAUGHN
LIVING TRUST
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PREFERRED STOCK 10/16/97 N/A COMMON STOCK 50,000 $1.00 I BY FRANK E. VAUGHN
LIVING TRUST
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WARRANTS 10/10/97 10 YRS COMMON STOCK 40,000 .84375 D N/A
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Explanation of Responses: (1) Serial maturities on the fifth anniversary date of applicable Preferred Stock conversion.
(2) Number of shares into which the Warrant is exercisable to equal the number of shares obtained upon
conversion of Preferred Stock listed below up to not to exceed $50,000.
/S/ FRANK E. VAUGHN OCT. 20, 1997
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal ------------------------------- -------------
Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). **Signature of Reporting Person Date
Note. File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. Page 2
If space provided is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure. SEC 1473 (8/92)
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